All Palomar Health hospitals and emergency rooms are currently OPEN and operational at this time.

Below, please find an update for each hospital and San Marcos service locations.

Palomar Medical Center – 2185 Citracado Parkway, Escondido

All hospital and emergency services are fully operational. The emergency room and trauma service is OPEN and OFF bypass; accepting patients as normal. All elective surgeries have been cancelled for today. Inpatient surgeries will continue as scheduled, or as needed.

Palomar Health Downtown Campus – 555 East Valley Parkway, Escondido

All hospital and stand-by emergency services are fully operational. All elective surgeries have been cancelled for today. Inpatient surgeries will continue as scheduled, or as needed.

UPDATE: Palomar Medical Center at 2185 Citracado Parkway, Escondido is open and operational, however, the emergency room and trauma center has been put on bypass and is not accepting any patients at this time. All elective surgeries have been cancelled for today. Inpatient surgeries will continue as scheduled, or as needed.

All other information remains the same

(PREVIOUS UPDATE)

According to information released at noon today, Thurs., May 15, all Palomar Health hospitals are open and fully operational at this time.

Below, please find an update for each hospital and San Marcos service locations.

Palomar Medical Center – 2185 Citracado Parkway, Escondido

All hospital and emergency services are fully operational. All elective surgeries have been cancelled for today. Inpatient surgeries will continue as scheduled, or as needed.

Palomar Health Downtown Campus – 555 East Valley Parkway, Escondido

All hospital and stand-by emergency services are fully operational. All elective surgeries have been cancelled for today. Inpatient surgeries will continue as scheduled, or as needed.

This location will be closed today and Friday, May 16. All other expresscare health clinic locations are fully operational (Rancho Penasquitos, Escondido, Temecula).

Palomar Health at San Marcos – 120 Craven Road, San Marcos

This location will be closed today and Friday, May 16. Palomar Health services in this facility include rehabilitation, wound care, diabetes health and corporate health.

Residents who have been asked to evacuate their homes are urged to follow those instructions. Unless you need emergency services, please do not use the hospital as an evacuation location in order to leave room for patients in need.

This view of the new Palomar Hospital, shot from afar, shows the Cocos Fire raging in the hills behind the facility on Thurs., May 15.